The Official Publication of the Samuel Beckett Society
President’s Address Welcome News Beckett's Relationships. The 10th Annual Conference of the Samuel Beckett Society, University of Edinburgh, 5-7 June 2025. Amjad AlShalan Walter Asmus appointed Honorary Trustee of Samuel Beckett Society Beckett Society Panel, MLA 2026, Toronto Longreads Three Versions of Krapp´s Last Tape through Daniel Stern´s Vitality Forms. A Peer-Reviewed essay by Alicia Nudler... Continue Reading →
It is as much a pleasure to write this Presidential address for the second issue of the Beckett Review as it was to write the first. This fine issue looks wonderful and reads just as well. Before anything else I want to express my enormous gratitude to the crack team of Feargal Whelan and Patrick... Continue Reading →
Directed and designed by Gary Oldman, by arrangement with Doug Urbanski Featuring Gary Oldman (Krapp) Wednesday 23 April 2025 Review by Emilie Morin Will April 2025 be remembered as Krapp month? In fact, have we ever seen as many high-profile productions of the same Beckett play competing for attention in a single month? On 14... Continue Reading →
Directed by Jamie Lloyd Featuring Keanu Reeves (Estragon), Alex Winter (Vladimir), Michael Patrick Thornton (Lucky), Brandon J. Dirden (Pozzo), Eric Williams/Zaynn Arora (Boy) Friday 26 September 2025 Endgame, Irish Arts Center, New York Directed by Garry Hynes Featuring Bosco Hogan (Nagg), Aaron Monaghan (Clov), Marie Mullen (Nell), Rory Nolan (Hamm) Saturday 24 October 2025 Reviews... Continue Reading →
Directed by Sarah Jane Scaife Featuring: David Rawle (Desmond), Sadhbh Malin (Deirdre), Ciara Berkeley (Toots), Kerill Kelly (Terence Killigrew), Lórcan Strain (Egosmith), Molly Hanly (Connie), Jack Meade (Gerald), Youssef Quinn (Harry), Valerie O'Connor (Mrs Millington), Mazzy Ronaldson (Pearl/Mary), Eoin Fullston (Willie) Tuesday 8 April 2025 Review by Feargal Whelan I was delighted and strangely relieved... Continue Reading →
Since its first outing in the heat of Phoenix, Arizona in the Spring of 2015, the Annual Conference of the Samuel Beckett Society has grown in significance to the membership that it now occupies an essential space in which we celebrate and take stock of the variety of work being undertaken in Beckett Studies. This... Continue Reading →
The Beckett Society has initiated a programme of publishing peer-reviewed essays by early career researchers as a means of broadening access to publication for all scholars. We are delighted to publish this work, the first in the series, by Alicia Nudler. Alicia is based in Bariloche, Argentina, where she teaches psychology and group dynamics to... Continue Reading →
The celebrated German director Walter Asmus was appointed Honorary Trustee of the Samuel Beckett Society at a presentation at the Beckett International Foundation seminar at the University of Reading on Saturday 1 November. James Knowlson, Walter Asmus and Mark Nixon at the Beckett International Foundation seminar at the University of Reading [Photo: F Ó Faoláin]... Continue Reading →
Translated, performed and directed by Pablo Finamore Lighting design by Leandra Rodríguez Sound design by Nicolás Diab Sunday 11 May 2025 Review by Alicia Nudler In Argentina, where almost all of Beckett’s plays and several of his non-dramatic texts have already been performed, it is the first time this novella has been adapted for the... Continue Reading →
Director Robynn Rodriguez Featuring Tasso Feldman (Pozzo), Jonathan Haugen (Lucky), Preston Mead (Boy), Ray Porter (Estragon), and Derrick Lee Weeden (Vladimir) 16 October 2025 Review by Geoff Ridden In a valley full of theatre companies, all of which are dwarfed by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), the Rogue Theater Company (RTC) is exceptional. Established by... Continue Reading →
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